Central Karoo District Municipality

Central Karoo Sentraal Karoo
District municipality
Seal
Location in South Africa
Local municipalities within the Central Karoo
Coordinates: 32°40′S 22°15′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Seat	Beaufort West
Local municipalities	List Laingsburg Prince Albert Beaufort West
Government [2]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	J. Botha[1] (ANC)
Area
• Total	38,854 km^2 (15,002 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	71,011
• Density	1.8/km^2 (4.7/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [3]
• Black African	12.7%
• Coloured	76.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	10.1%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Afrikaans	87.2%
• Xhosa	7.8%
• English	2.6%
• Other	2.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC5

The Central Karoo District Municipality (Afrikaans: Sentraal Karoo-distriksmunisipaliteit) is a district municipality located in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its municipality code is DC5.

Geography

The Central Karoo District Municipality is divided into three local municipalities, which are described in the following table.

Name	Seat	Population (2011)	Area (km^2)	Density (inhabitants/km^2)
Laingsburg[4]	Laingsburg	8,289	8,784	0.94
Prince Albert[5]	Prince Albert	13,136	8,153	1.61
Beaufort West[6]	Beaufort West	49,586	21,917	2.26
Total		71,011	38,854	1.83

Adjacent municipalities

• Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, Northern Cape (northeast)
• Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape (east)
• Garden Route District Municipality (south)
• Cape Winelands District Municipality (southwest)
• Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape (northwest)

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 Census.[7] Note that due to fuzzing applied to statistics, columns may not sum to exactly the indicated total.

First language Language Population % Afrikaans 60,074 87.2% Xhosa 5,346 7.8% English 1,789 2.6% Tswana 399 0.6% Sotho 322 0.5% Zulu 182 0.3% Sign language 179 0.3% Ndebele 117 0.2% Northern Sotho 93 0.1% Venda 60 0.1% Swazi 29 0.0% Tsonga 18 0.0% Other 301 0.4% Total 68,909 Not applicable 2,101 Race Race Population % Coloured 54,076 76.2% Black African 9,045 12.7% White 7,197 10.1% Indian or Asian 300 0.4% Other 394 0.6% Total 71,011

Gender Gender Population % Female 36,244 51.0% Male 34,767 49.0% Total 71,011 Age Age group Population % 0–4 7,679 10.8% 5–9 7,030 9.9% 10–14 6,976 9.8% 15–19 6,159 8.7% 20–24 5,672 8.0% 25–29 5,343 7.5% 30–34 4,740 6.7% 35–39 4,773 6.7% 40–44 4,786 6.7% 45–49 4,279 6.0% 50–54 3,811 5.4% 55–59 3,047 4.3% 60–64 2,344 3.3% 65–69 1,636 2.3% 70–74 1,243 1.8% 75–79 751 1.1% 80–84 405 0.6% 85+ 203 0.3% Total 71,011

Politics

The council of the Central Karoo District Municipality consists of thirteen councillors. Six councillors are directly elected by party-list proportional representation, and seven are appointed by the councils of the local municipalities in the district: five by Beaufort West and one each by Laingsburg and Prince Albert.

As of February 2017^[update] there are six councillors from the Democratic Alliance (DA), four from the African National Congress (ANC), two from the Karoo Gemeenskap Party (KGP) and one from the Karoo Democratic Force (KDF). The DA, KGP and KDF are in a coalition which governs the council.[8] The following table shows the detailed composition of the council.[8]

Party		Directly elected	Appointed by local councils			Total
			Laingsburg	Prince Albert	Beaufort West
	DA	3	1		2	6
	ANC	2			2	4
	Karoo Gemeenskap Party	1		1		2
	Karoo Democratic Force	0			1	1

The following table shows the results of the election of the six directly elected councillors.[9][10]

Party		Votes	Vote %	Seats
	DA	11,037	45.4%	3
	ANC	9,811	40.4%	2
	Karoo Gemeenskap Party	1,807	7.4%	1
	Karoo Democratic Force	1,001	4.1%	0
	EFF	288	1.2%	0
	VF+	208	0.9%	0
	Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa	134	0.6%	0
Total		24,286		6
Valid votes		24,286	98.6%
Spoilt votes		346	1.4%
Total votes cast		24,632
Registered voters		37,907
Turnout percentage		65.0%

References

1. "Executive Mayor". Retrieved 24 September 2024.
2. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. "Laingsburg Local Municipality". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
5. "Prince Albert Local Municipality". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
6. "Beaufort West Local Municipality". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
7. Census 2011 statistical tables accessible through Stats SA SuperWEB Archived 2013-09-30 at the Wayback Machine.
8. "Political composition of councils February 2017" (PDF). Western Cape Department of Local Government. February 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
9. "Detailed DC 40% Ballot Results Report: DC5 - Central Karoo" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
10. "Seat Calculation Detail: DC5 - Central Karoo" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 June 2017.

External links

• Official website
• Western Cape Government site
• Tourism site